Word Meaning
जराहतों
jarāhatoñ
Meaning
Wounds, injuries, or surgical cuts (plural oblique).
Detailed Meaning
In classical Urdu poetry, 'jarāhat' denotes a cut, wound, or incision, often carrying visceral surgical undertones. Here in its oblique plural form ('jarāhatoñ'), it refers to the multiple wounds inflicted upon the lover by fate or the beloved. The poet contemplates the paradoxical pleasure found in the pain of these lacerations that have torn his chest apart.
Etymology
Arabic (جراحة / jirāḥah), derived from the root j-r-ḥ (ج-ر-ح) meaning to wound, cut, or lacerate.
Usage
Frequently deployed in the ghazal alongside imagery of lancets (nashtar) and seams tearing open (chāk) to express the pleasurable agony of romantic torment.
Examples
the bleeding of fresh wounds
delight found in the pain of wounds